Mustaine would refuse Metallica return

Dave says he’d be honoured to be asked in fan Q&A session

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Dave Mustaine would be honoured if Metallica asked him to rejoin the band – but he’d refuse the invitation.

The Megadeth mainman formed his own quarter of thrash’s Big 4 after being fired in 1983. They finally resolved their differences in time to appear on stage together in 2010, and on a handful of occasions afterwards.

Mustaine was asked on Twitter: “Would you come back to Metallica if James asked you to do it?”

He replied: “I would be honoured, but I would not.”

Asked whether he’d consider co-writing a song with Metallica’s James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, he said: “Nice try.”